Visual acuity, erythrocyte fatty acid composition, and growth in term infants fed formulas with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for one year

Pediatric Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Auestad, Nancy ^a   Montalto, Michael B ^a   Hall, Robert T ^b   Fitzgerald, Kathleen M ^b   Wheeler, Robin E ^b   Connor, William E ^c   Neuringer, Martha ^c   Connor, Sonja L ^c   Taylor, James A ^d   Hartmann, E Eugenie ^e,f  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Arlene R Gordon Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 8044227779     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199701000-00001     Document Type: Article

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